²³ Be glad, people of Zion,
    rejoice^(A) in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
    because he is faithful.^(B)
He sends you abundant showers,^(C)
    both autumn^(D) and spring rains,^(E) as before.
²⁴ The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
    the vats will overflow^(F) with new wine^(G) and oil.

²⁵ “I will repay you for the years the locusts^(H) have eaten^(I)—
    the great locust and the young locust,
    the other locusts and the locust swarm^[a]—
my great army^(J) that I sent among you.
²⁶ You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,^(K)
    and you will praise^(L) the name of the Lord your God,
    who has worked wonders^(M) for you;
never again will my people be shamed.^(N)
27 Then you will know^(O) that I am in Israel,
    that I am the Lord^(P) your God,
    and that there is no other;
never again will my people be shamed.^(Q)

⁵ You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds,^(I)
    God our Savior,^(J)
the hope of all the ends of the earth^(K)
    and of the farthest seas,^(L)
6 who formed the mountains^(M) by your power,
    having armed yourself with strength,^(N)
7 who stilled the roaring of the seas,^(O)
    the roaring of their waves,
    and the turmoil of the nations.^(P)
8 The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders;
    where morning dawns, where evening fades,
    you call forth songs of joy.^(Q)

⁹ You care for the land and water it;^(R)
    you enrich it abundantly.^(S)
The streams of God are filled with water
    to provide the people with grain,^(T)
    for so you have ordained it.^[d]
10 You drench its furrows and level its ridges;
    you soften it with showers^(U) and bless its crops.
¹¹ You crown the year with your bounty,^(V)
    and your carts overflow with abundance.^(W)
12 The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;^(X)
    the hills are clothed with gladness.^(Y)
13 The meadows are covered with flocks^(Z)
    and the valleys are mantled with grain;^(AA)
    they shout for joy and sing.^(AB)

⁵ Blessed are those whose strength^(H) is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.^(I)
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
    they make it a place of springs;^(J)
    the autumn^(K) rains also cover it with pools.^[d]
7 They go from strength to strength,^(L)
    till each appears^(M) before God in Zion.^(N)

⁷ Although our sins testify^(A) against us,
    do something, Lord, for the sake of your name.^(B)
For we have often rebelled;^(C)
    we have sinned^(D) against you.
⁸ You who are the hope^(E) of Israel,
    its Savior^(F) in times of distress,^(G)
why are you like a stranger in the land,
    like a traveler who stays only a night?
⁹ Why are you like a man taken by surprise,
    like a warrior powerless to save?^(H)
You are among^(I) us, Lord,
    and we bear your name;^(J)
    do not forsake^(K) us!

“They greatly love to wander;
    they do not restrain their feet.^(L)
So the Lord does not accept^(M) them;
    he will now remember^(N) their wickedness
    and punish them for their sins.”^(O)

¹⁹ Have you rejected Judah completely?^(A)
    Do you despise Zion?
Why have you afflicted us
    so that we cannot be healed?^(B)
We hoped for peace
    but no good has come,
for a time of healing
    but there is only terror.^(C)
20 We acknowledge^(D) our wickedness, Lord,
    and the guilt of our ancestors;^(E)
    we have indeed sinned^(F) against you.
²¹ For the sake of your name^(G) do not despise us;
    do not dishonor your glorious throne.^(H)
Remember your covenant^(I) with us
    and do not break it.
²² Do any of the worthless idols^(J) of the nations bring rain?^(K)
    Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is you, Lord our God.
    Therefore our hope is in you,
    for you are the one who does all this.^(L)